Races on Display: French Representations of Colonized Peoples, 1886-1940

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Races on Display Races on Display French Representations of Colonized Peoples, 1886–1940 Dana S. Hale Races on Display Races on Display French Representations of Colonized Peoples 1886–1940 Dana S. Hale indiana university press Bloomington and Indianapolis This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, IN 47404–3797 USA http://iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931 Orders by e-mail iuporder@indiana.edu© 2008 by Dana S. Hale All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48–1984. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hale, Dana S. Races on display : French representations of colonized peoples during the Third Republic / Dana S. Hale. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-253-34854-8 (cloth) — ISBN 978-0-253-21899-5 (pbk.) 1. France—History—Third Republic, 1870-1940. 2. Indigenous peoples in literature 3. Indigenous peoples—Public opinion. 4. Public opinion—France. 5. France—Colonies—Africa. 6. France—Colonies— Asia. 7. France—Foreign relations—Africa. 8. France—Foreign relations—Asia. I. Title. DC337.H35 2008 305.8009171′24409041—dc22 2007032950 1 2 3 4 5 13 12 11 10 09 08 In memory of my aunt, Pola N. Patterson, who passed on to me her love of books and fascination with France ...